Hi everybody !!!
Well, I posted the other night that I would e-mail the Dentist that has GD, that had answered my posts about dental questions a few months ago. I e-mailed her several days ago, but haven’t gotten a response.
Will let you know when I do.
However, I went to a new Dentist this morning and was shocked when she said ” OH yes, peope with any sort of autoimmune desease often have increased problems “
Even though this is bad news for all of us, I wanted to jump up and down and scream YES! YES! YES!. It was just so nice for once to have my problems validated.
She even said she just recently read something on the subject. She couldn’t remember where off the top of her head, but said she would try to locate it for me.
She is Great!!! She said the article said that the bacteria that lives in our mouths and can cause gum desease is a very strong little bugger in normal people, but in anyone with an autoimmune desease, because our immune system is often weakened or compromised in some way, the little buggers really get a good hold on us. So whats happening is, we are probably developing gum desease which loosens the teeth, destroys the bone, so that are teeth have nothing to hang on to. She said that I should have my teeth cleaned 3 or maybe even 4 times a year instead of twice, to stay on top of it, plus she gave me a prescription for an antibiotic mouth rinse I am to use twice a day. Lastly, she said it was important to try and stop the progression of the problem because the article she read, definately said we made very poor candidates for false teeth, because of the bone loss. Sorry this is so long, just thought you would all like the info.
Take care, sleep well !
Sheila
